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Did you find any info on the esophageal sphincter issues? I’ve had my esophagus stretched but no help. Was told to have it again but I’ve had very low oxygen levels and can not tolerate Anesthesia. How are you?

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Hi! I had my meeting with my GI dr yesterday- apparently my lower esophageal sphincter still isn’t quite relaxing well enough. It’s not achalasia which is good, and hopefully it does resolve. First thing to try is to eat peppermint altoids before every meal- peppermint oil gets things to relax. I was happy this is the first idea! I also am using my vagus nerve stimulator before meals. If after a month those haven’t shown progress then we will try a temporary high dose of omeprazole for 8-12 weeks. There are more invasive options after that like stretching etc but that’s hopefully not the way we will go. He did say a lot of the time these issues are transient which I’m holding on to.